The Friends: Summer in the Comeback City – Visiting Detroit

Location: Notre Dame to Detroit (View on map )

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THIS TRIP IS SOLD OUT!

CALL THE OFFICE TO BE PLACED ON THE WAITING LIST IF THERE IS A CANCELLATION, 574-631-5516

DETROIT ITINERARY

DAY ONE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2023

7:15 a.m. Board Cardinal Bus in the rear parking lot of the Hilton Garden Inn, Indiana State Rt. 933, Roseland, IN

7:30 a.m. Depart South Bend Light snacks and bottled water provided

11:00 a.m. Arrive at Detroit Institute of Arts Docent Tour of highlights, lunch in their cafés on your own, free time to explore

3:30 p.m. Board Bus

3:45 p.m. Depart DIA

4:00 p.m. Arrive at Pewabic Pottery

5:00 p.m. Board Bus for hotel

5:45 p.m. Arrive at the Hyatt Place Detroit/Royal Oak in Royal Oak, MI Evening on your own. The hotel is located on Main Street with several restaurant choices (besides the hotel option). A list will be supplied.

DAY TWO: THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2023

Morning Breakfast is provided by the hotel. Eat at your convenience.

9:00 a.m. Check out and board Bus

9:15 a.m. Depart hotel

9:45 a.m. Arrive at the Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI Self-guided tour of Cranbrook Gardens

11:00 a.m. Split into two groups:

Group 1 - Guided tour of Saarinen House: A Total Work of Art

Group 2 - Guided tour of the Collections wing, Cranbrook Art Museum

12:15 p.m. Catered box lunch together in the museum’s Art Lab

1:30 p.m. Split into two groups:

Group 1 - Guided tour of the Collections wing

Group 2 - Guided tour of Saarinen House: A Total Work of Art

2:45 p.m. Groups back together to view Sonya Clark: We Are Each Other Exhibition in the Upper Galleries by Sonya Clark, a fiber artist and graduate of the Institute

4:00 p.m. Board Bus

4:15 p.m. Depart Cranbrook Art Museum Light snacks and beverages provided

8:15 p.m. Arrive back in South Bend

Friends of Raclin Murphy Museum of Art Member Rate

Share Double Room (each pay) $330

Single Room $430

Non-Member Rate

Share Double Room (each pay) $350

Single Room $450

Fee includes bus transportation and driver tip, hotel cost with breakfast, one lunch, and admission & tours at all locations.

THIS TRIP IS SOLD OUT!

Call the office at 574.631.5516 to be placed on the waiting list.

 

Fee includes bus transportation and driver tip, hotel cost with breakfast, one lunch, and admissions & tours at all locations.

Members are given preference if seats become limited.